Topic: East Asia

Prius tops Japan car sales for 15th month, bringing Toyota hybrid sales in Japan to a millionToyota's Prius topped Japan sales rankings in July for the 15th straight month, getting a perk from incentives for green cars and helping Japanese sales of ...
Toyota adding weeks to vehicle development for quality checks after recallsToyota Motor Corp. is extending the time it takes to develop new vehicles by about four weeks for more quality checks in the wake of its massive safety-related recalls, a top executive ...

GM China joint venture to boost capacity 50% by 2012

General Motors' main Chinese commercial vehicle joint venture said Monday it would raise its production capacity by nearly 50 percent to 1.31 million units by the second half of 2012. SAIC-GM-Wuling -- a joint venture between GM, Liuzhou Wuling Automobile and China's ...
General Motors' main Chinese commercial vehicle joint venture said Monday it would raise its production capacity by nearly 50 percent to 1.31 million units by the second half of 2012. SAIC-GM-Wuling -- a joint venture between GM, Liuzhou Wuling Automobile and China's ...

Luxury car makers target China's super-rich

An extra-long Rolls Royce and the fastest ever Ferrari road car made their debut in Beijing on Friday as dozens of luxury car makers lined up to woo super-rich consumers in the world's biggest market. Rolls Royce sold two models -- the ...
GM, China partner launch EN-V concept car, rethinking the automobile for greener futureIt's not quite as foldable as the space vehicle that cartoon figure George Jetson pops into his briefcase as he bops into the office. But the EN-V concept car, GM's ...

Nissan, Suzuki, Daihatsu to recall cars in Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co will recall 76,415 cars across 10 models in Japan due to a possible defect that may cause engine failure, a filing with the transport ministry showed. A Nissan spokesman said it would also recall 2,300 cars ...

What crisis? China's billionaires live it up

While the rest of the world struggles to bounce back from the global financial crisis, China's billionaires are living large, snapping up luxury products at a breathtaking pace. Beijing's Jinbao Street is the must-visit address for billionaires with yuan to burn. Once ...
Toyota unveils new hybrid-only model in Japan to follow hit PriusToyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread. The "Sai" sedan is Toyota's ...

Green triumphs over mean in global car choice survey

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Is green becoming mainstream? A new global survey shows nearly six in 10 people would choose an environment-friendly car over a petrol-powered one, even if they had all the money in the world. The survey of 13,500 city ...
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